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Traditionally the choice of wedding venue was either a church or the Registry Office. A church wedding has always been the favorite here in UK, obviously by people who are committed Christians, but not all people who marry in church are deeply religious. We have many fine old churches that make a wonderful backdrop for the wedding photos and lend the ceremony that air of occasion. Just imagine a very old country church decorated with seasonal flowers, the bride in a stunning wedding outfit and everyone dressed to kill. The Registry office can seem a little cold and impersonal by comparison. But These days the church or Registry Office are not the only choices. Since the law was changed we can hire castles and sturdy homes, we can get married on the beach or while parachuting, indeed the pitch of your favorite football team is also a possibility.
If you are planning to marry in a church, bear in mind that popular churches get booked up very quickly and you might have to book a couple of years ahead. Once gain you will find that the summer months are the most popular, so if you had set your sight on a very popular church you might want to consider an Autumn or even a Winter wedding. There could be the bonus of the church being already decorated for Harvest Festival or Christmas which will save you effort and money. While it may be tempting to pick the most beautiful church in your area for your wedding, please bear in mind that the priest or vicar is not obliged to let you have your wedding in his or her church. Many practices or vicars would expect you to have regular attendances at church services and would give priorities to couples who are regular church goers.
If you do not want to marry in a church or Registry Office the possibilities are endless and it depends entirely on your taste and finances. If you are a keen golfer then the Golf Club may be the perfect venue for you – they can lay on the ceremony and you do not have to travel to the reception, you just move to a different room. You could also chose a Country Club or if you are nature lover you could pick a beautiful spot by a lake or the top of a mountain. Do not forget to consider how you will get the wedding guests to your chosen locations and how they will get back to the place you have chosen for the reception, unless you are planning an al fresco picnic – maybe not that wise in the UK, where it rains frequently.
When planning the wedding venue we always tend to imagine it on a fine, warm summer day and people walking around perfect lawns, sipping champagne. A marquee could have a good compromise – you have the outdoor atmosphere, but you also have a roof over your head if it rains and if it is a particularly cold day there is a facility for having warm air blown in.
When it comes to more exotic locations, like a beach wedding, bear in mind that this would be great fun for the youngger people, but your 80 year old Aunt Agatha will probably not thank you for it. If there are guests of the older generation as well as young people you could still have a beach wedding, but make sure that you can book a restaurant close by where the older people can sit down and keep warm when it gets a bit chilly. Obviously if you have your beach wedding in a hot country you will not have a problem with the weather.
As weddings have become so expensive in recent year a lot of people are opting to marry abroad and there are many special 'Wedding Packages' available. You can travel to your chosen destination and the hotel will organize the wedding ceremony and you can enjoy your honeymoon. It saves many a planning headache and works out a great deal cheaper than having a wedding at home.
Whatever venue you choose to get married in please remember that planning ahead saves many a headache and booking early will save the heartache of finding out that the location you had set your heart on is not available for the next three years.
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Source by Marion Aston
